Izmailovo Avenue
Description:
On the site of Izmailovsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg in XVIII there was the Ascension Road, then Voznesensky Prospekt, in 1922-1944 the Avenue of the Red Commanders. Now it is a prospectus in the historical district of Rota of the Admiralty administrative district of the city. The avenue passes between the embankments of the Fontanka River and the Obvodny Canal.
The modern name Izmailovsky Prospekt was received in 1798 by the Izmailovsky Regiment, which was quartered on both sides of the avenue at that time. Some of the houses where the military were still there.
On Izmailovsky Prospekt there is a Baltic railway station.